Combination mail-box, speaking-tube, &amp;c.



PATENTED JULY-10, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l W. J. MCWADE. COMBINATION MAIL BOX, SPEAKING TUBE, No.

APPLIGATIONPILED APR.25.1904.^ 76? No. 825,339. s PATBNTNN JULY lo, 190e. W, J, MGWADN COMBINATION MAIL B0X, SPEAKING TUBE, NC.

APPLGATION FILED APZ. 1904.

WILLIAM J. MOWADE, oECHCAo-o, LLNoS.'

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Speciceticn of Letters '.etent.

Patented. Juiy if), 1906.

.To all what@ it may cow/cern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MCWADE,

fa citizen oi the Unite/iL States, 1esiding in Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stets of 'iiiincis heveinvented o. new and useui' ,treoting .in anyway from their utiiity ami also' to oiiee en the construction. The mein aaftmev o't e iiovexition is found in, the ex;- rengement hereinafter describe` ci the mail boxes with the tubesfand oeiis. The inve tion also embodies other details of impop tance, which ore fully set forth below and show n in the accompanying drawings,

Referring to sitio drawings, `Figure l is e front elevation of series oi; battery of mooie boxes with' thei 'accompanying tubes and' colis.. Fig. 2 is e Vertioei section of the seme. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail sections on iioes 3 3, 4 Lend 5 5 of Figsu i md In seid,` drawings, 1 0 re sesenta o metti 1ste or frame forming the footof o series or attery of three meilooxos olio. theirs cofre. s ending s eekmgtubes emi eieetiic coils,

he 'f meii-n oxes iosteeaif-oi* being oimed, Whoii'y the front of the battery, os in. the old construction, ere Hewlet-into t, eweil oi the.

buiidings ill edownwerdiynclioed diiectioo, so'thet the ortion-o the 15501:; exposed at the front of the etteiy-is 'but iitti'e linger time e oess to the boxesfox: withdrew/iu v'ii-ileso doors swing down 'om t e top on veeoh be formed from asingie sheet. .visiompletes i6 exi-@hierin thebottom of one @rossesection of the box. The boxes om er mngedfm verticeiserles, one onto? ot ei` other, end in the exposedenos ere iooetefi the doors 12, Wheeb'y the tens-nt gems oo en d'pivots 13. The bociies of the' boxes ere formed of sheet 'metal ood efe iergeiy inte v, jroi vvji'th one another; Thus the strip 14, which forms the top of the upper box; ex*

A y tends downwad, forming e bookies eB of f f theserles ond oise the iower suie of the lower So box, and therside Weils 15 of the series may The (ik box and the toY of enedjs-oent one, end the;r

are united to t e side wos end to the beek,

and et theiif'fiont ends they 'sie mede hoi'in the mail.

eontei for s'shortdistexice, es seen. at 17, andi 'from such horizontoi portion they extend doWnWm-diy in accordance with the inclinertion given the bodies. 'By gojeoting the noodies inwemiiy end downwofoiy, es thus de- 6o seibed, I om enooieci to insert the boxes in iecesses ordinarily omed in four-inch partitions or reerliiy formed in Weils 'oi' that thickness, emi the Weil-space coveifsd. is only about olle-third of that 'Lasne-Hy eoiiied ,1 also, by 6 5 sopeiposing theboxes end oolistmctiug them es described I ein eiiobied to g'eotiy economize the menufeeture, es timey number of joints in the sheet metal is greotl1 reduced,

` The doors ere provided with locks "i8 and 7e may be swung open for enough to enable the insertion of thevhend. They eine sie@ pio vided with swinging sec-tions consisting` of l the gloss Window 19 end its swinging immo 20, adopted to be swung iowa-r et the bottom yq for the insertion in the bei; of the mail, A letter 2l is shown in one of tile boxes es hming been. inserted in this Wstjf, the hinged w im flot being sligitiy ogcii. `The hinged win# dow may aise bep'ovideii Withe oero..hoider 22, if 'vesired. v' '5 ftmmedieteiy above each dooie 12 is icm Gated the oioutiilieoe Z3 tot the speaking tube snol the limes-#batteri 2li oi the et' or opertment to which the mail-box aiiottef 'feseeviees are attesi ed to the cross membere 25 of the piste 1G, and the push-buttons ere motidcd with eiectrioai connections 26 in tHe usuoi meneer. The mouthpieee 23 of eoeik'speokiogtube connects with e diagonal pipe Aor'1oesse`9 ,e\fvey 27, lextemimg istereiy and horizonteiiy to e, junction with the inciiiied tube 28,`oiztending. upwardly through theoox or boxes in the osso of eli except the upper hex. The tubes are adopted to be om bodied in the boxes without, iioweei, toter toying with the' moilmotto', inssmuch as they ere located oioee to one of the sidewalls i5, ood bythus iocetin them l avoid emi necessity of sopeieting t e boxes from oec, roe other or widening thestructure to obtaink room for the tubes, The tobesl pojeot i'om the noxeein any suitebiemonner whio Wiii ermit them to be joineii to the ipse of the molding, and those poitions of t cm iom5 cated ithm the boxes may oe formed ageist the side Weii 1.5, ff'hich may sind `preferebiy does 'form one side of tube, as shown et Fi f. 5.

The moutopiece 23 is preeyebly formed of I 1c sheet nietel, and tongues 29 are punched in i it and turned outward in such manner that e e nnlo inu-ion sith the willi of the lniiidiiigg, of' tby buitrfi'j." oi' inail-boxes ani speaking-tubes, the boxes being,f arranged` one above unothir with their bodies 'iroject- I ing inwardly and downwardly iu tie wall i and the tubes beingl arranged Within the boxes and passing' through them at an angle when the inner end of' the n'iouthpieee is upward and backward. .ished through the opening in the plate l() 4; The combination with the Wall of the 5 these tongues will as soon as they have passed building, of the battery of mailboxes and 7o the plate spring-out and look theinouthspeaking-tubes, the boxes being arranged piece in position. The pushbutton is proone above another with their bodies projeot vided' With a sheet-nieta). guide o1" cap .30,` ing inwardly and downwardly inthe Wall, which is provided with ahoolr 31, adapted. Lo and ortions of the tubes being formed in io be inserted througli the opening 32 in the part iy the metal of the boxes and being ar- 75 plate l() and to lock against the inner surface ranged within the boxes, substantially as set ol the plate, as seen at Fig. 4. Atthe side forth. opposite to this hook the part ISOis secured to 5. The combination with the wall. of the the block 33 by the screw 37, and the block is building, of the batteryof inail-boxes, speiiliri5 rigidly held tothe plate 1() by the screw 3i ing-tubes and call-buttons, the boxes beiner 8c this forni ot' attachment permitting the very arranged one above another with theirbodies ready attachment and detachment of the projecting .downwardly into the. wall, and push-lnittf'in. The electric wires are referthe tubes and button-wires being arranged ably supported in the bassage-Way un er the between the doorsoil the adjacent boxes at 2o tubes 2S. 'formed by the diagonal strip 35, sel the front and passing through the interionof 85 cured to the side wall and the under side ,lthe boxes, the tubes passing at an angle upof the tube 255'. 36 represents the marble or Wardly and backwardiy throughthe boxes, other :finish ein ployed for the surfacing ot' the substantially as set forth. partition orwell to which the inail-boxes are 6. The Inail-box for apartment and other 2 5 applied. y buildings arranged in ,an inclined position in go W'hile l have shown a battery of three the wall of the 'building and having awindow boxes with their accompanying tubes vand at its u per end, and areflector attheback calls it will be understood that I do not wish of the bx adapted to ,catehthe Ilightfrorn to be` liniited to any number, as many feathe window and illuminate the lowerendy of 3o tures ol the invention are adapted to be used the box, said window being also arranged Afor 9 5 with a greater number of boxes and with a observation of the interior of the boxandito number. l contemplate using it in prireceive from the bottoni of the box and from vate residences where only a single box is the reflector the return rays of light. needed. The face-plate l0 is made, as will 7. The combination with the wall of the r35 be understood, teilt the nuniberof boxes eni-l building, of the inail-box for apartment and loo ployed and may be stamped from sheet other buildings arranged in an inclinedposimetal. tion in the Wall of the building and having a in order that the .inail matter may be i door at its upper end, with a speakii'ig-tube clearly observed through the window of the E passing through the upper end oi the box,

4o boxes, l provide within the boxes mirrors or l such tube beinf;r positioned in. the box at the m5 reflectors 4.0, as seen at Fig. 2. These ieilecside thereof 'andl at an angle, substai'itially as tors` need io be applied only to the under siiiset forth. fares olrhe division-plate iiand the tube 14.. 8. A series or set of inclined letter-boxes l claim-M earth having7 an observation-opening, the di- 145 1. 'The combination of a series ol inclined riding partitions between upper and lower rio letteiboxes :ii-riinged in rows oi banks, und a i boxes having rellectors, and the inclination series of speaking-tubes arranged with their oi thi; boxes being of the proper angle to diniouthpieces in immediate proxiniiqI io the reet iight, by ineens of such reflectors, from corresponding booms7 a pori ion of the tubes 5 .such openings to the bottoms of the boxes 5o pi: 'sing upwardly through the boxes at the and li'oni the bottoms ol` the boxes to such 1x5 sides of the latter, essentiallwi' as and. l'or the openings, substantially as and for the purpui'pose set forth. o poses described.

2. The battery of letter-boxes sind speak- A sei-ies or set ole letter-boxes inclined as ing-tube eonsisting .of :i series of letteidesvribed, und a. speaking-tube arranged boxes a need in rows or lni'nks, a eoi'io- 1 within and at the side oi each boit, each tube 12o spondine series oi spezihinlitubes and a l'roni extending inward for the saine distance, and plate i'o the batte-i"y the't-ubes having their ."fextendingy thence transversely of the boxes io fer. ed in the cross members ol' i the top ot the series where their connection sing within and through the i ends are in line one behind the other at dilsiiiirs oi the suinc. feront distances l'roin the from, oip the boxes, .'25

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